diff --git a/pacman-update-count.sh b/pacman-update-count.sh
index b3eb8f2..6cb9850 100755
--- a/pacman-update-count.sh
+++ b/pacman-update-count.sh
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ if ! [ "$_updates_available" -eq "$_updates_available" ] 2> /dev/null ; then
   _updates_available="-1"
 fi
 
+echo "Adding $_updates_available available updates to $_target_file"
 echo "$_updates_available" > "$_target_file"
 chown "$_user": "$_target_file"